Beyond Monopoly:Gaming 101 has started up again for this year.  This is a program that FRAG has offered for the last few years.  If you haven't read about the program, check out the information here.

I was looking around the internet for another podcast that I had seen previously, when I came across this wonderful series from Scott Nicholson of "Boardgames with Scott" fame.  He has created a complete course, broken up in short you tube videos describing building a gaming program within a library setting.  He covers topics from "What is a Game?", to the history of games, and even specific examples of different game types.  Scott has also done some great work putting together a list of "bait" games that can be used as good introductory games for the board gaming hobby.   These are great resources that our community can benefit from.

If you have any interest in supporting this sort of community event, please take some time to watch some of these videos, and contact the board ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) if you are interesting in helping out with the program this year!

For even further information, check out the American Library Association's Librarian's Guide to Gaming.  It is a resource for librarians that are looking to set up a game program within their community.

Some minor changes have been made to the website:

Discussion Forums
• Inactive sub-groups for topics have been removed.
• General game type forums have all been moved to one category.
• Non-registered users can now browse the forumns. You must still be registered to post.

Events
• Category has been removed. Other areas will address content that was there.

Any feedback that you have is appreciated. Thanks.